# उत्सव
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उत्सव (utsava). Cognate with Assamese উৎসৱ (utxow), Bengali উৎসব (utśob), Gujarati ઉચ્છવ (ucchav), Marathi उत्सव (utsav), Nepali उत्सव (utsav), Kannada ಉತ್ಸವ (utsava), Malayalam ഉത്സവം (utsavaṁ), Odia ଉତ୍ସବ (utsaba), Sinhalese උත්සවය (utsawaya), Tamil உற்சவம் (uṟcavam).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʊt̪.səʋ/, [ʊt̪.sɐʋ]
* Hyphenation: उत्‧सव, उत्सव
* Rhymes: -əʋ

### Noun

उत्सव • (utsav) m
* celebration, festival
* ceremony, gala, fete
* fiesta, regalement

#### Synonyms

* त्यौहार (tyauhār)
* मेला (melā)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit उत्सव (utsava). Cognate with Assamese উৎসৱ (utxow), Bengali উৎসব (utśob), Gujarati ઉચ્છવ (ucchav), Hindi उत्सव (utsav), Nepali उत्सव (utsav), Kannada ಉತ್ಸವ (utsava), Malayalam ഉത്സവം (utsavaṁ), Odia ଉତ୍ସବ (utsaba), Sinhalese උත්සවය (utsawaya), Tamil உற்சவம் (uṟcavam).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ut̪.səʋ/, [u.t͡sʰəʋ]
* Hyphenation: उत्‧सव, उत्सव
* Rhymes: -əʋ

### Noun

उत्सव • (utsav) m
* celebration, festival
    Synonym: सण (saṇ)

#### Derived terms

* वार्षिकोत्सव (vārṣikotsav)
* सणोत्सव (saṇotsav)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “उत्सव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “उत्सव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* উত্সৱ (Assamese script)
* ᬉᬢ᭄ᬲᬯ (Balinese script)
* উত্সব (Bengali script)
* 𑰄𑰝𑰿𑰭𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀲𑀯 (Brahmi script)
* ဥတ္သဝ (Burmese script)
* ઉત્સવ (Gujarati script)
* ਉਤ੍ਸਵ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌉𑌤𑍍𑌸𑌵 (Grantha script)
* ꦈꦠ꧀ꦱꦮ (Javanese script)
* 𑂇𑂞𑂹𑂮𑂫 (Kaithi script)
* ಉತ್ಸವ (Kannada script)
* ឧត្សវ (Khmer script)
* ອຸຕ຺ສວ (Lao script)
* ഉത്സവ (Malayalam script)
* ᡠᢠᠰ᠌ᠠᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘄𑘝𑘿𑘭𑘪 (Modi script)
* ᠤᢐᠰᠠᠸᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦤𑦽𑧠𑧍𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐄𑐟𑑂𑐳𑐰 (Newa script)
* ଉତ୍ସଵ (Odia script)
* ꢆꢡ꣄ꢱꢮ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆇𑆠𑇀𑆱𑆮 (Sharada script)
* 𑖄𑖝𑖿𑖭𑖪 (Siddham script)
* උත‍්සව (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩒𑩫 𑪙𑪁𑩾 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚄𑚙𑚶𑚨𑚦 (Takri script)
* உத்ஸவ (Tamil script)
* ఉత్సవ (Telugu script)
* อุตฺสว (Thai script)
* ཨུ་ཏྶ་ཝ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒅𑒞𑓂𑒮𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨃𑨙𑩇𑨰𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root उत्सू (utsū, “to cause to go upwards; to stir up, agitate”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ut.sɐ.ʋɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈut̪.s̪ɐ.ʋɐ/

### Noun

उत्सव • (utsava) stem, m
* ceremony, festival
* banquet, ceremonial rejoicing
* passion, joy, gladness, merriment
* jubilee, a festive occasion
* enterprise, beginning
* wrath, insolence

#### Synonyms

* महोत्सव (mahotsava)

#### Descendants

* Gujarati: ઉચ્છવ (ucchav)
* → Assamese: উৎসব (utxobo)
* → Bengali: উৎসব (utśob)
* → Hindi: उत्सव (utsav)
* → Kannada: ಉತ್ಸವ (utsava)
* → Malayalam: ഉത്സവം (utsavaṁ)
* → Marathi: उत्सव (utsav)
* → Nepali: उत्सव (utsav)
* → Odia: ଉତ୍ସବ (utsaba)
* → Sinhalese: උත්සවය (utsawaya)
* → Tamil: உற்சவம் (uṟcavam), உச்சவம் (uccavam), உத்ஸவம் (utsavam)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “उत्सव”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 182/2.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 103